It had been a long time since Spencer Turnbull put up numbers resembling his pitching line within the Philadelphia Phillies’ 9-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night time.In his opening outing of the 2024 season, Turnbull picked up the pitching win by working the primary 5 innings. The former Alabama standout yielded one unearned run on three hits whereas hanging out seven on a chilly night time at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.Turnbull turned the seventh pitcher to strike out at the very least seven batters with out giving up an earned run in his Phillies debut, and the one one to take action with out issuing a stroll within the franchise’s 142 seasons.“I was getting it over the plate, and I was happy with that, especially as cold as it was out there,” Turnbull told NBC Sports Philadelphia. “It was awesome. I loved every minute of it. Not ideal conditions. The weather was definitely weather. But it was a lot of fun.”Turnbull hadn’t had a Major League look with out yielding at the very least one earned run since May 18, 2021. That game additionally was his most up-to-date with at the very least seven strikeouts.On that date, Turnbull struck out 9 whereas pitching a no-hitter within the Detroit Tigers’ 5-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners.In the virtually three years between the no-hitter and Tuesday night time’s victory, Turnbull pitched in 10 MLB video games.Turnbull left his begin in opposition to the Chicago White Sox on June 4, 2021, as a result of of forearm soreness in his pitching arm. Damage to the ulnar collateral ligament in his proper elbow despatched him to Tommy John surgical procedure, and Turnbull missed the 2022 season.During his return in 2023, Turnbull dealt with neck issues and a cracked toenail. He made seven begins for the Tigers and posted a 1-4 document with a 7.26 earned-run average in 31 innings. Turnbull made two journeys to the minors during the season and made eight more begins there.“Going through TJ and all that stuff was really hard,” Turnbull told the Philadelphia Inquirer. “But then last year, trying to come back from it and the year just going so, on the surface, horrendously wrong was very tough.“That first year back is kind of the year to kind of figure this stuff out again and figure out how you feel. I didn’t really get the chance to fully kind of return from TJ because my time was cut so short, so that was frustrating.”Turnbull signed with the Phillies simply earlier than spring coaching began in Clearwater, Florida. He wasn’t assured to make the regular-season roster. Philadelphia already had 5 pitchers on its roster who began at the very least 18 video games for the Phillies final season – Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola, Ranger Suarez, Taijuan Walker and Cristopher Sanchez.Philadelphia gave Turnbull an alternative to earn a spot as a long reliever whereas offering rotation insurance coverage. When Walker went on the injured record with shoulder soreness within the final week of March, Turnbull obtained a spring-training begin to put together for the common season.On Tuesday night time, he earned his first MLB pitching win since April 13, 2023, when he went the primary six innings of the Tigers’ 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.In two seasons at Alabama, Turnbull had a 9-10 document with a 2.95 earned-run average in 30 begins. In 183.1 innings, he struck out 112 and yielded 153 hits and 85 walks. Turnbull left the Crimson Tide after the Tigers selected him within the second spherical of the 2014 draft.Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.